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Carlson
Continued from Page 10
Oilers, was unceremoniously
traded and Carlson was elevat
ed to the top spot.
Last weekend Carlson played
before the hometown fans in an
exhibition matchup at the
Alamodome between the Oilers
and the Buffalo Bills.
Carlson grew up in the city
and his parents still live here.
His sister, her husband and
their two children live in nearby
Gonzales.
Carlson’s wife, Barbara, is
from Kerrville. Her parents and
brother live there.
The Oiler preseason football
camp at Trinity University had
Carlson’s family and friends as
frequent visitors.
“I kind of feel sorry for the
rest of the guys,” Carlson said
at the time. “Training camp is a
tough time of year because all
you’re doing is sleeping, eating
and drinking football, especially
when you’re family isn’t around.
But I can see my family and
friends because this is where I
grew up.”
Friends and family, occupy
ing a prominent spot between
faith and football, are important
to the deeply religious, 30-year-
old athlete. Carlson and his
wife frequently visit San Anto
nio, especially during the off
season.
They are building their
dream home in the Hill Coun
try, about an hour from his
folks and about the same from
hers. The homestead, which
Carlson says “is too small to call
a ranch, but too big to call a
lot,” will be the perfect place to
indulge their love of the out
doors and nature photography.
The couple rent an apart
ment in Houston.
“Being raised in San Antonio
was a wonderful experience,”
Carlson says. “It’s close to hunt
ing, big deer country, the Hill
Country and great people.
“I like Houston and I’ve got
ten adjusted to it. But it’s a
much faster paced city than San
Antonio.”
Barbara Carlson also enjoys
the quiet life.
“We’re not very rambunc
tious at all,” she says. “Just
about the most exciting thing
we do is go out to dinner or see
a movie with friends. It’s like
we’re 50 years old.”
Ironically, the high school
football hero who was destined
to lead the Oilers was born in
the home of Cowboys country.
Carlson was 5 when his parents
packed up the family in Dallas
and moved to San Antonio.
The couple have lived in the
same house on the same street
in a North Side neighborhood
since 1969. Bill Carlson was an
executive with Volkswagen
when he retired last year. Now
he’s got plenty of time to attend
Oilers workouts and games.
He watched every practice at
Trinity, even the grueling “two-
a-days” that started at 6:30 a.m.
“It’s a little tough getting out
here that early,” Carlson said
one day from his seat in the
stands, “but it’s a lot tougher on
them.”
Carlson’s mother and wife
also got out to most of the prac
tices. Unlike many “football
mothers,” June Carlson says
she no longer closes her eyes
when beefy defensive players
charge her son during a game.
But she’s still not quite used
to her son’s new status with the
Oilers.
“It does feel strange when I
think that there are only 28 jobs
for starting quarterbacks” in
pro football, she says. “And
Cody’s one of them.”
He didn’t get there overnight.
Carlson played second fiddle to
Moon for seven long years be
fore getting his big chance. Be
fore he was drafted by the Oil
ers in the third round in 1987,
Carlson was a star at Baylor
University.
The helmet and jersey he
used at Churchill are enshrined
in the Texas High School Hall of
Fame.
Carlson was born to be a
quarterback.
By the time he was on the
football squad at Eisenhower
Middle School, area coaches al
ready were talking about the
tall, thin young man with the
strong right arm.
Jerry Comalander, who was
Carlson’s coach at Churchill,
says “Cody was the best,” no
small praise from someone who
has spent more than three
decades working in high school
athletics.
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NFL’s new rules for ’94
Several rules changes have been adopted by the National Football League for the 1994 season, intending
to produce a more free-wheeling, offensive game. Here are some of the primary changes:
Kickoffs from the 30-yard
line instead of the 35, and n«
tee higher than one inch will
be allowed.
A 2-point conversion option after touchdowns, by
running or passing, with the ball placed at the 2-
yard line. A 1-point kick is still in the rules.
Restricting the area in which
defensive backs can bump
receivers to within 5 yards of the
line of scrimmage.
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20-yard line, the ball will be awarded to
the opposition at the place where it was
kicked, instead of the line of scrimmage.
AP/Ed De Gasero
Irvan improves;
doctors predict
slow recovery
SUPERIOR TOWNSHIP,
Mich. (AP) — Stock car dri
ver Ernie Irvan showed
strong improvement Tues
day, responding to commands
from doctors and the swelling
of his brain diminished.
“Although I would take
these as very encouraging
signs, he still remains in
terms of brain and neurologi
cal injury in critical condi
tion,” said Dr, Errol Erl and-
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landson said.
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tor prevents him from trying
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said.
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far has been a minor proce
dure to make it easier for Ir
van to breathe. There are no
immediate plans to try to
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er to his home in Rockwell,
N.C.
Irvan, 35, and one of
NASCAR’s top drivers, was
traveling 176 mph when he
struck debris that cut a tire
and sent him into the wall.
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